Writing his 21-year-old son with fatherly advice and concerning business matters.

Date: 12 January 1769

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/69

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Regarding £27 sterling owing on a promissory note made out to Christopher Prince and signed by John Easson and David Easson. Two draft copies of this document, both signed for the plaintiff by George Thomson.

Date: May 1777

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/101

Undated notation re purchase of flour from Prince.

Date: Prior to 1777

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/102

Undated miscellaneous account with Prince.

Date: Prior to 1777

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/103

Drawn on Robert Fletcher, merchant, Halifax for £27 sterling.

Date: 21 May 1777

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/104

For £28-6-6. Signature torn off, witnessed by John Ritchie. An early and rare printed form.

Date: 29 May 1778

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/110

For bills of exchange drawn on Richard Forman, Tower of London, for £27 Sterling.

Date: June 1779

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/116

Concerning difficulties over payment for the lumber ("you may depend upon it that you will be carried to Prison if the order is not paid"); he cannot pay Easson unless Mr. Williams provides a certificate for the boards. The Acadians have asked for Easson to travel to "St. Johns" [presumably Ile Saint-Jean, i.e. Prince Edward Island]. Francklin offers to increase Easson's pay to £5 a month "if you can't fall into some Partnership with the Accadians more Profitable."

Date: 31 January 1781

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/123

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To answer a suit of John Prince, trader, regarding an unpaid promissory note.

Date: 19 September 1782

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/129

For them to appear in the Supreme Court, Annapolis, to answer a claim by John Prince for £50. Part missing.

Date: 22 September 1785

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/149

For £4-15-8 from John and David Easson for account of John Prince.

Date: 4 September 1787

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/160

From 25 April 1811 to 27 December 1812, listing purchases, mostly of shoes and boots, for family members including "Black Mary" and "Black Charles." Settled in full, April 1813.

Date: April 1813

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/199

Personal news concerning his arrival in New Brunswick and the opportunities for a doctor there. Writes of his fondness for the people he met in Annapolis.

Date: 10 June 1826

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/223

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Personal news and comments about mutual friends, from a "frontiersman" who misses life in Annapolis and Lequille.

Date: 16 October 1877

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/283

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Mostly for tobacco, rum, food, and rent of store house.

Date: 20 July 1772

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/38